The Details http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog I reside here. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:58:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Úlfur – Black Shore http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/ulfur-black-shore http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/ulfur-black-shore#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:45:31 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=934 …

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I hate Ty so much. So, so much.…

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It’s difficult to say exactly how much design is “too much,” but finding that middle ground may be the most important job that an interaction designer has.”
— Khoi Vinh

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The details are not the details. They make the design.”
-Charles Eames

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I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.”
— C.S. Lewis, “Out of the Silent Planet”

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Danny Jones continues to rule all of the design world, including your face and eye holes. His talent and skill are remarkable, plus he’s one of the best guy’s I’ve ever met. I’m lucky to know him as a designer, …

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So apparently, Bon Jovi (currently the most relevant of music stars), thinks that Steve Job and Apple—through the power of the iTunes store—have killed the music industry.

A big complaint of Jovi’s comes from his frustration that consumers …

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I …

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If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
— Albert Einstein

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When it comes to art, to human work that changes people, the mass market is a fool. A dolt. Stupid.

If you wait for the market to tell you that you’re great, you’ll merely end up wasting time. Or perhaps instead

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Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, 4th of July Parade
Garden Grove
Garden Grove…

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